not intentionally, but, they have been pretty leathal in the atlanta area lately. > -----Original Message----- > From: Perk [SMTP:[log in to unmask]] > Sent: Tuesday, April 20, 1999 9:51 AM > To: [log in to unmask] > Subject: Re: Driving > > Trisha, IMHO, Cars are NOT lethal weapons. Kathy > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Trisha Cummings <[log in to unmask]> > To: [log in to unmask] <[log in to unmask]> > Date: Tuesday, April 20, 1999 6:42 AM > Subject: Re: Driving > > > >Hi Joy, > > > > When I was looking for a vehicle that could handle Amber and her > >stroller/wheelchair - Ford and Volkswagen both offered rebates of up to > $500 > >on adapting their vehicles - plus and I don't know if it true anymore - > >Plymouth Voyager could be made to kneel!! I got the Voyager , > unfortunately > >when the "old" man skipped out on us - he took it - and left me with the > - > >now 21 year old Cadillac then 15 years old. Amber braces and other > >paraphernalia quickly annihilated the leather seat she sat in. So when > >looking at vehicles consider the upholstery. > > > > Get a car you can handle safely before you learn to drive - you > >don't want to hurt, maim or kill someone else - new drivers are big > enough > >risk as it is. Driving is not a right - its a priviledge and > responsibility. > >Cars aren't cute toys they are lethal weapons - from 1 ton and up - human > >bodies are no match for them. Just last June my foster daughter(?) got > her > >license and I tried to give her a real respect for what cars can do - > when > >the driver is a novice, drunk or just plain doesn't think. I have been > >driving - almost 26 years and have never hit anything ( knock on wood). > When > >I drive the Cadillac - I remember I am piloting 4400 pounds of metal and > >that todays car are as strurdy as coke cans next to it. When I drive my > new > >98 Escort - I drive remembering at my height the airbag inflating will > knock > >my head off and into the next county ( I am under the height thing - > 4'10". > > > > Brightest Blessings > > Trisha > > > > > >>Hi, > >> > >>I'm getting my learner's permit soon, hopefully over this summer. I had > >>my first lesson tonight, with me steering and my dad sitting on the > >>shift working the gas and brake, since I don't have reliable control of > >>my feet. That's not safe, legal, or fun... so, I was wondering what > >>adaptive devices you guys use for driving. I'd like to have a regular > >>car if possible, not a van with a lift. I use a wheelchair, so I'm also > >>interested in ways to haul that in and out. Thanks! > >> > >>~Joy~ > >